Washington and the Quarter

Students discuss the quarter. For this money lesson, students find the value and characteristics of the quarter. They see how many pennies it takes to equal one quarter. 

To better understand who George Washington was and why we celebrated the bicentennial, pupils read a story and complete a worksheet. They sing and talk about the song, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" as they march around the room.

Students write down facts about George Washington. In this activity on our first president, students listen to a story about George Washington and retell four facts about him.

Voting is one of the major reasons the US adopted public education. Educate your class populace, they will analyze the images on a bicentennial quarter and think about the contributions George Washington made to the United States. They...

Providing an interesting way to discuss the U.S. presidency, this lesson has learners compare George Washington to the current president. They listen to books about George Washington, discuss the current president, and complete worksheets.

Students explore the life of George Washington. In this George Washington lesson plan, students consider the leadership qualities of the first president as they listen to a description of his life and the create responsibility journals.

Each one of our quarters is embellished with a famous face or image representing the state it came from. This lesson uses South Dakota's state quarter to get kids thinking about monetary value, what the president of the United States...

In this online interactive Washington state quarter instructional activity, students examine a Washington quarter picture and answer 4 questions regarding it. This instructional activity may be printed for classroom use

Students study Presidents Day. In this classification lesson, students sort pictures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln into two piles reviewing who each of the presidents were and what they did.

Young scholars compare the life and presidency of Lincoln and Washington.  In this President's Day lesson, students learn about President's Day, fill out a KWL chart on presidents, sort pictures in categories, read biographies about...